FN announced three new AR-15 rifles today, all based on the M-LOK handguard gear attachment standard. It looks like the big changes are mostly handguard related and have been applied to three different models: the Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR), Tactical Carbine, and a new 300 Blackout version of the Tactical Carbine. More from the company… […]

I love AR-15 type rifles as much, and probably more than the next guy. But if we’re all to be honest with each other, I think we can agree that the standard mil-spec trigger kind of sucks. Of all the (standard, not premium) rifles I’ve handled over the years, there are very few that have […]

Based on sales figures and some good, old-fashioned SWAG math, there are somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 million AR-15 rifles floating around the country, give or take a couple of million. And guess where all that AR popularity started? Armalite. That’s right, the AR in AR-15 AR doesn’t stand for Assault Rifle, Apocalyptic Rampage, […]

There are plenty of reasons that the AR-15 has become so popular. It’s handy, easy to shoot, configurable, multi-caliber, and has low recoil. Oh, and it’s just plain fun. Matching the seemingly infinite number of AR rifles on the market is a multitude of suitable optics. Red dots, holographic sights, fixed-power scopes, and variable-power scopes […]

What’s the last thing you see before you pull the trigger? The reticle! I’ll bet most of us tend to give only passing thought to reticle selection, but there’s a reason that there are somewhere over 96.2 billion reticle designs floating around out there. They’re designed for specific purposes. For example, a thick, course, reticle […]

Recently, I had the opportunity to test out the about to be released Crimson Trace LinQ System. It’s an AR-15 weapon-mounted light and laser platform that offers 300 lumens of light and a green laser. The neat thing about it is that it has instinctive activation from a button on the pistol grip, with one […]

Lancer Systems is making a big move to the M-Lock standard. One of the “hot off the press” products I spotted at the NRA Annual Meeting was the Lancer Carbon Fiber Stock for the Sig Sauer MPX pistol-caliber carbine. The big plus for carbon fiber products is the significant weight savings. This guard is about […]

This article originally appeared at AmmoLand. Cleaning your AR-type rifle is a great opportunity to run through a quick checklist of preventative maintenance and inspection steps. Investing a few seconds in some quick checks may just help your rifle from vomiting parts while at the range, which can ruin your fun range day and embarrass […]

If you’re as old as I am, you might remember The Clapper. This amazing piece of technology had to be an offshoot of the NASA space program because it was so advanced for its time. By simply clapping your hands, magical sound beams would circumnavigate your coffee table and make their way to a lamp […]

This article originally appeared at Ammoland. By Tom McHale USA –-(Ammoland.com)- According to the news media, an AR 15 Rifle is any gun that someone uses in the act of doing something bad. What is an AR-15 really? Technically speaking, AR-15 is a brand name, like Kleenex or Xerox. And, just as with Kleenex and […]

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